WE ARE

A venture capital fund and startup platform, founded in 2015. We invest in and support artificial intelligence and deep-technology companies transforming the world’s biggest industries. Our thesis is that AI and robotics are going to allow humanity to rethink and rebuild industries vertical by vertical.

Machine learning and robotics technologies matured dramatically in just the past few years. The line of what is possible is pushed back. However, introducing AI to traditional industries requires a new and more collaborative approach.

Comet Labs was founded as a subsidiary of Legend Star, one of the largest early-stage venture capital funds in China. Legend Star partners with entrepreneurs to build technology companies in two categories: technology applied to transforming industries, and platform technologies creating new capabilities.

ASSESSING CHINA

Our latest initiative creates new growth opportunities for startups in the United States by fostering cross-border partnerships with large businesses in China. For each program, we focus on one industry and bring partners and startups together in select cities in China for personal, high-impact sessions.

THOUGHTS

Mapping the RISC-V startup ecosystem leading a new movement in computer chip design. Chances are, unless you’re already in the semiconductor industry, you probably haven’t heard of the term “RISC-V” or know what the letters stand for.

It’s incredibly tough to build a B2B startup. Founders applying novel technologies to improve traditional industries deserve nothing but our respect. Sales cycles can be slow, early stage investors can be skittish to invest without more validation, and incumbents’ intentions…

Space exploration offers a profound and evolving viewpoint on our place among the stars: Is our home planet unique? Can human civilization extend beyond it? What else is out there in this vast, tremendous universe?

Rapidly advancing automation technologies like computer vision have enormous potential for dramatic societal impact, and need to be applied with caution. Facial recognition is one of the most scrutinized examples today of applied computer vision.

Insights from our first Assessing China program in industrial IoT, and how startups can accelerate business development in China. Comet’s Assessing China program for Industry 4.0 startups had a simple goal — bring the top AI/robotics startups in a specific industry to…